I, the Chaos Entity, joined the chat group at the start.

He realized that Wang Lin also had his own opportunities, and that he had been overthinking things. "Young man, my name is Yun Quezi. It seems you already understand the meaning. However, you should treat me to a meal. I will remember that."

After the old man finished speaking, he vanished in an instant, disappearing without a trace. Wang Lin tried to track him down, but couldn't find a single clue.

"Yun Quezi, is this old man named himself Yun Que (Skylark) to rival Zhu Que (Vermilion Bird)?"

Situ Nan smiled. On Vermilion Bird Star, Vermilion Bird holds a very special position.

In his anger, Situ Nan regained his senses. "This person is named Yun Que (Cloud Sparrow) and has reached the pinnacle of cultivation. Could he be the Vermilion Bird of this generation? How come the Vermilion Birds are getting weaker with each generation!"

Throughout history, the Vermilion Birds have undoubtedly been the strongest beings on Vermilion Bird Star, the highest leaders recognized by countless sects. Furthermore, the Vermilion Bird Child possesses the Crystal of Cultivation; cultivators born on Vermilion Bird Star are born with a special destiny.

Therefore, as long as Suzaku is willing, no matter how talented, monstrous, or powerful you are on Suzaku Star, Wen Ding can kill you with a single thought.

Of course, as the leader of a star, one would not use cultivation crystals unless absolutely necessary.

Otherwise, if someone could easily seize the power of life and death, wouldn't everyone be living in fear?

"Situ, you said this person is Zhuque? The Zhuque from the Zhuque Kingdom?" Wang Lin asked.

"Not necessarily, but the fact that he has reached the pinnacle of cultivation and is named Yun Quezi means he must be related to this generation of Vermilion Birds," Situ Nan said.

"How does his cultivation level compare to yours, Situ?" Wang Lin asked curiously.

"This Yun Quezi is something else. If he has mastered the Vermilion Bird's divine powers and magic treasures, he'll be difficult to deal with. If not, I'll kick him to death," Situ Nan said domineeringly.

The Vermilion Birds of each generation have reached the pinnacle of cultivation. With the Vermilion Bird's divine abilities and magical treasures, they possess strength roughly equivalent to the second step. Even the weakest among them is beyond the reach of those who have reached the pinnacle.

Wang Lin understood, but he was curious about Situ Nan's peak strength.

Meeting Yun Quezi was just an accident, and Wang Lin didn't pay much attention to it, continuing to live a mundane life.

After ten years of mortal life, he had shed his malevolent aura and returned to his true self. As Situ Nan said, the next step was to find and comprehend his own unique realm of understanding.

There are many kinds of artistic conceptions for Nascent Soul cultivators. The elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, light, and darkness can all be used as artistic conceptions for Nascent Soul cultivators.

Feelings, indifference, desires, greed, love, and hate can all be used as artistic conceptions!

Some even use "tea" as a metaphor for a state of mind, but this metaphor is not limited to a specific substance; it encompasses a wide range of emotions and ideas.

But these are not what Wang Lin wants. Only what suits him and what he comprehends himself can unleash the true power of the Divine Transformation Realm.

Another ten years have passed, and Wang Lin still hasn't grasped the essence of his own art.

That day, he saw a funeral being held on the street, and assumed someone had passed away.

He remembered that the old man, Han, was already eighty-six years old this year. At such an age, it was indeed time for him to leave.

For an ordinary person to live to this age is considered a long life.

As a neighbor interviewed on the street, Han Li went in and lit an incense stick for Old Han. At the same time, looking at Old Han's family members crying and grieving around him, he was suddenly overcome by the emotions of an ordinary person and entered a state of enlightenment.

"The life and death of mortals, and even all things in heaven and earth, are ultimately inescapable!"

"Even cultivators with supernatural powers will eventually die!"

"Death is the destination of all things, but is death the end?"

As Wang Lin was in a state of sudden enlightenment, a faint gray aura of death appeared on his body. The world lost its color, and everything seemed to fall into a daze.

A soul flew out of the coffin; it was Old Han.

Old Han looked bewildered as he witnessed the strange phenomena surrounding Wang Lin. Only then did he realize that his neighbor of twenty years was an immortal.

These phenomena are invisible to the naked eye; only the dead can see them.

After Wang Lin finished his enlightenment, he saw Old Han and sent him into reincarnation.

"Old Han, thank you for letting me grasp a sliver of the meaning of life and death. All I can do is let you be reborn into a wealthy family and live a peaceful life."

Wang Lin thought to himself, "I never expected that I would actually gain insight into the meaning of life and death during a funeral."

It's not complete yet; he only grasped the concept of death. What, then, is life?

"The concept of life and death is indeed rare, but it's very difficult to cultivate it to perfection," Situ Nan said.

"It's alright, I have plenty of time." Wang Lin smiled slightly.

Aside from being with his parents, Li Muwan and Wang Lin rarely showed a smile.

……

Chapter 416 Foreknowledge of Fate, Willow God's Karma

"Pfft!"

A mouthful of blood spurted from Li Muwan's mouth, and in an instant her face turned ashen, as if her very essence had been damaged, and she was on the verge of death.

"Wan'er!"

Wang Lin quickly channeled a large amount of magical power into Li Muwan to nourish her body and alleviate her injuries.

"Senior brother, my attempt to conceive failed," Li Muwan said weakly.

"This... is impossible."

Wang Lin found it hard to believe. In fact, with her superior spiritual talent, Li Muwan was better than him. Getting pregnant wouldn't be a big problem for her. Moreover, he had prepared many pills and formulas to increase the success rate of getting pregnant.

Li Muwan has cultivated Taoism for nearly three hundred years and has long since reached the late stage of Core Formation.

The lifespan of a Core Formation cultivator is around 500 years, but Li Muwan's lifespan is only half of that. Even if there are pills to increase lifespan, a hundred years is but a fleeting moment for a cultivator.

Therefore, Li Muwan prepared to have an abortion, but she did not expect that her first abortion would fail.

"That's strange. This girl's talent should have ensured that she wouldn't fail to conceive. How could she have failed?" Situ Nan was also extremely puzzled inside the Heavenly Reversal Pearl.

Although Li Muwan's talent was not exceptional, she was more than capable of conceiving.

"Situ, is there any way to salvage this?" Wang Lin asked.

“Of course it is possible, but if the first attempt at insemination fails, the difficulty of attempting insemination again will definitely increase, and it will be impossible to attempt insemination again within a hundred years. Furthermore, this girl only has half her lifespan left, and it will become increasingly difficult as time goes on,” Situ Nan said.

Is that so?

For some reason, Wang Lin felt as if Li Muwan was about to leave him, and a sharp pain shot through his heart.

But when she thought about how she had a chat group and tens of thousands of points, she was sure that she could get through this ordeal by buying treasures that would increase her lifespan or items that would allow her to directly advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

He was just afraid of the worst, the worst that might happen.

After Li Muwan fell asleep, Wang Lin sat down in meditation and stayed by her side.

This time, for some reason, Wang Lin had a very strange dream.

The dream experience was similar to reality, except that I did not join the Great Dao Chat Group in the dream.

Moreover, in this dream, Teng Huayuan of Tengjiabao really wiped out his entire family and even stripped the primordial spirits of everyone in Wangjia Village.

All of this was like a nightmare, unbearable and excruciating, as if his very soul was being torn apart.

Inside the Heavenly Reversal Pearl, Situ Nan discovered that Wang Lin's condition was different; the malevolent energy that had been completely dispelled by his transformation into a mortal had reappeared.

"Inner demon? How could this be? Wang Lin, wake up! What's wrong with you?" Situ Nan exclaimed in shock.

However, since his primordial spirit was inside the Heavenly Reversal Pearl, it would be difficult for him to communicate with Wang Lin unless Wang Lin was fully conscious.

Wang Lin was unaware that Situ Nan was calling him; he was already lost in a boundless nightmare.

In his dream, he carried a deep-seated hatred and was relentlessly pursued by Teng Huayuan as he cultivated. His physical body was destroyed, and he became a lonely soul.

Fortunately, there is always a way out. His primordial spirit underwent a transformation, evolving into a soul devourer, and was reborn by seizing another's body...

During the centuries of his quest for revenge, he still managed to meet Li Muwan, and they fell in love.

But fate is unfair; in her dream, Li Muwan also failed to conceive, failing several times.

Even if one is ultimately reincarnated as a primordial spirit, one cannot escape the punishment of Heaven and will eventually perish.

"No!"

A heart-wrenching scream jolted Wang Lin awake from his nightmare. Before him lay the still-sleeping Li Muwan, her eyes bloodshot, her body radiating demonic and malevolent energy, which was extremely terrifying, but quickly subsided!

His cultivation method originally focused on Situ Nan's Yellow Spring Ascension Technique, as well as the three supernatural powers of Nirvana Finger, Demon Transformation Finger, and Yellow Spring Finger!

This technique is a demonic technique, and naturally it will generate demonic energy without anyone noticing.

"Wang Lin, what's wrong with you? How come you have a demon in your heart?" Situ Nan asked.

Wang Lin did not hide anything and told Situ Nan everything about his dream.

After listening, Situ Nan, unusually silent, said seriously:

"Wang Lin, to be honest, sometimes I feel that you're not real. I'm referring to your experiences and your connection with some unknown entity."

I think everything in your dream is actually a reflection of your original experiences.

"The real experience is in dreams!!"

Wang Lin was horrified, only realizing the truth belatedly.

Yes, before joining the Avenue Chat Group, each of them had their own lifespan.

Currently, there are dozens of members, some of whom come from the same background, and some of whom have not joined the chat group.

If his dream is indeed his true destiny, how did he foresee it? Why would he have such a dream?

And if Li Muwan's true lifespan is destined to end, can it be changed now?

In his dream, whenever he wanted to revive Li Muwan, the will of Heaven would intervene to stop him. In his dream, his cultivation was still in a weak stage, and he was no match for the will of Heaven.

But one thing is certain: the Way of Heaven is not unstoppable, and its power is not invincible.

Now that Li Muwan's pregnancy has inexplicably failed, could it be that Heaven is trying to restore her lifespan and forcefully intervene?

Thinking of this, Wang Lin glared at the heavens and said, "Heavenly Dao, are you truly determined to fight me to the death? If you try to stop me, I will defy the heavens and destroy you, Heavenly Dao."

"As long as I am strong enough, I can change Wan'er's fate."

"Defying the heavens, destroying the heavens? You have guts! No wonder you're someone I, Situ Nan, have chosen! Hahaha! I'll defy the heavens with you. Anyway, I've died once, so what if I die again?" Situ Nan laughed.

……

A universe that covers the sky.

In the desolate forbidden land, Xu Yi is using his sacrificial cultivation to constantly trace back the cause and effect of time and space, observing the various timelines of the chaotic ancient immortals through the river of time, trying to find out the truth behind the transformation of the Willow God into the Dark Willow God.

He understood that even if Liu Shen had become the Dark Liu Shen, she should still have her own consciousness and could not possibly help Gaoyuan.

What exactly went wrong?

Each time he retraces time and space, the timeline always freezes around the Chaotic Ancient Era. After the Chaotic Ancient Era, all traces of the Willow God were erased, and there is also a mysterious force hindering him from retracing the cause and effect.

Throughout the entire universe, apart from the Sacrificial Dao, Xu Yi was confident that his individual strength was invincible and that no one could stop him.

But this very force is at work.

He realized that this power was the hidden power deep within the plateau, the same power that had prevented him from exploring it in the first place.

If Xu Yi didn't want to start a war so easily, he would have gone back to the plateau and caused chaos.

"Hey."

Helpless, Xu Yi casually stepped into the river of time, stepping through time and eras to reach the ultimate ancient land of the chaotic ancient era.

Ignoring the grand cause and effect of time and space, he found the Willow God of this timeline in the ultimate ancient land.

This was right after Liu Shen killed the fourth-generation Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and then used all her power to refine the Dark Origin of the Corpse Immortal Emperor.

Liu Shen sensed the fluctuations in spacetime and saw Xu Yi coming from the opposite direction of time.

"Did something happen to me in the future?" Liu Shen asked directly, as if she already knew.

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Chapter 417 The Choice, Ye Qingxian's Dilemma

"Willow Goddess, do you know what will happen in the future?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Shen shook her head, clearly unaware of what was about to happen, but she had a premonition.

As a Celestial Emperor, she was already considered omniscient and omnipotent to a certain extent.

Past, future, and present are all the same, a shared destiny, a secret matter.

"Your cultivation is even more unfathomable, but even at this level, you can freely travel to the past and change your fate!" the man said.