Chapter 2761 - 2737: Force of Merit
Chapter 2737 The Force of Merit
Thinking about this, he no longer laughed, his eyes began to flicker. He hoped Lin Feng wouldn’t think of this method, but how could that be possible? Lin Feng knew he was from the Alien Race and understood them, he was finished.
Seeing the old man’s look, Lin Feng suddenly found it amusing. Moments ago, he was unbelievably arrogant, and now he began to fear. Lin Feng glanced at him and coolly threw out a line: "Do you still think so?"
Then he summons the Eternal Divine Flame and casts it into the formation formed by the Nine Suns Sky-Shaking Technique. With a swoosh, the Eternal Divine Flame filled every space inside the formation, causing the temperature in the entire cave to rise sharply, soft white mist appeared in the space, and the surrounding Yuan Energy started to distort.
"Ah! No!"
The old man, under the intense burning of the Eternal Divine Flame, constantly changed form. Even turning into black mist couldn’t escape the extreme heat. He lay against the barrier of the formation with eyes full of hatred and a twisted expression of jealousy, struggling desperately in pain.
The temperature of the Eternal Divine Flame gradually drowned out his cries. Soon, the old man turned into a pile of bones, and the black Death Flame swiftly climbed onto them, reducing the bones to ashes.
The moment the old man’s soul was scattered, all the demon beasts instantly awoke. They looked at each other, confused about why they were there. When they saw Xiao Jiu waiting for Lin Feng at the entrance of the cave, they immediately fled, running away in panic.
Seeing the old man already turned to dust, Lin Feng then deactivated the formation. But he discovered an extremely special Jade Medallion left in the formation. The medallion was black and emitted a faint aura, apparently left behind by the old man. The symbols on it seemed very familiar, and after pondering for a while, he realized it was the emblem of a certain family from the Alien Race. Thinking of this, he stored the medallion in his Space Ring.
Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground in the cave, Lin Feng sighed deeply and shook his head. He couldn’t comprehend why this old man could be so cruel. Although the cultivators of the Alien Race needed the power of death, they never harmed others like this old man, who commanded demon beasts to capture living people as sources for cultivation, which was extremely cruel.
Since things had come to this, Lin Feng could only do his utmost to let these people rest in peace. He slowly walked to the entrance of the cave, turned back, and summoned the Eternal Divine Flame. Instantly, the cave was filled with blazing fire. As he watched these corpses, he suddenly felt the fragility of life.
But something strange happened. This time, the burning speed of the Eternal Divine Flame was not so fast. Logically, with the presence of Death Flame, burning these corpses would be instantaneous. But Lin Feng noticed that as the Eternal Divine Flame burned each corpse, golden light slowly floated from the corpse, drifted to his side, and then planned into his body. He had no idea why this was happening.
Lin Feng stood still as all the corpses were burned, and the golden light entered his body. Then, he left. After just two steps, a sudden realization struck his mind, and instantly a faint golden glow erupted from his body. At this moment, he stood in place, as if meditating, motionless.
But his consciousness had already flown out. He arrived at the foot of a mountain glowing with golden light. Looking around, he saw greenery everywhere. In front of him was a tall mountain, with stone steps leading straight to the top. The sound of chanting Buddhist scriptures echoed in his ears as he walked towards the summit, step by step, feeling the light on his body becoming more dazzling with every step...
Seeing Lin Feng emerging, Ma Biaohu, Tangyuan, and Xiao Jiu immediately approached him. But seeing Lin Feng in this state, Ma Biaohu looked at Tangyuan and said, "Boss is having an epiphany again, isn’t he?"
Tangyuan looked at the golden glow emanating from Lin Feng and felt confused, tilting his head at Ma Biaohu and said, "Should be. Let’s stay here and wait for Boss to awaken."
"What is an epiphany?" Xiao Jiu, having never seen Lin Feng’s epiphany, asked curiously.
Ma Biaohu patted Xiao Jiu’s head and said, "You’re just a kid. Even if I tell you, you wouldn’t understand."
"Tch!" Tangyuan and Xiao Jiu simultaneously rolled their eyes at Ma Biaohu.
𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
The man and two beasts continued chatting while quietly keeping vigil beside Lin Feng...
Holy Wind Sect.
"Finally patched it up!"
Fang Yan stood in the air, wiped his sweat, and let out a long breath. He finally smiled as he looked at the results before him. His body was exhausted, and he had been in a state of tension, making him look extremely tired. During this period, spatial rifts continuously appeared in this area on Earth. If it weren’t for him constantly patching them up and the sect people fiercely resisting, the Holy Wind Sect would be very dangerous now.
During the previous process of destroying the Teleportation Formation, members of the Demon Clan had already invaded Earth, causing these spatial rifts to keep appearing. Thankfully, these days he founded formations and hurriedly patched them up; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Without any moment of rest, Fang Yan hurried back to the Holy Wind Sect main hall. He had been so busy fixing spatial rifts that he never had the chance to check the progress of the white-haired elder’s cultivation. Upon entering the hall, he saw the elder already seated, and immediately approached him saying: "Master!"
The white-haired elder, seeing Fang Yan return and looking unwell, immediately gestured for Fang Yan to sit down and said, "Sit down, these days have been really tough for you. So, how is everything? All done?"
"Yes, it’s done." Fang Yan nodded, also unsure of the Demon Clan’s movements. Now the Teleportation Formation was destroyed, the Eternal Joy Immortal Realm no longer existed, and the rifts were patched up. But this could only solve current issues. If the Demon Clan invaded again, he wouldn’t know what to do. Thinking of this, he immediately looked at the elder and said: "Master, when can you ascend?"
Hearing Fang Yan’s question, the elder spread his hands helplessly, smiled bitterly at Fang Yan and said: "I don’t know. Now, it’s just missing one last point. Once I catch that point, I can ascend!"
He was anxious but had no opportunity. Unlike Lin Feng, who had a destiny as a cultivator, he needed to rely on chance. He desperately wanted to ascend and find Lin Feng above.
"Sigh." Fang Yan sighed and said to the elder: "We can’t hold on for much longer. If these rifts appear again, I can’t patch them alone, plus we know nothing of the situation above with the Demon Clan. All we can do now is wait for the Sect Master to rescue us."
The elder patted Fang Yan’s shoulder, fully aware of the critical situation. If this continued, they couldn’t even protect themselves here at the Holy Wind Sect. But breaking through was beyond him, and he was eager to ascend and find Lin Feng, knowing everything would be resolved afterwards.
Both looked at each other, powerless, resigning to their fate. Sitting idle, probably summed it up...
A month’s time went by quickly. The golden aura around Lin Feng began to fade, gradually returning to normal. After more than a month of Buddhist scripture purification, he finally realized the true meaning of being a cultivator.
He slowly opened his eyes, gazing upon everything before him, feeling the sunlight and air around him, as if he was reborn.
"Boss is awake!" Ma Biaohu patted Tangyuan and Xiao Jiu. Then the man and two beasts rushed to Lin Feng. But to their surprise, Lin Feng seemed unchanged, and his aura seemingly all withdrawn. For some reason, they felt Lin Feng became more ordinary, which puzzled them.
At this moment, Lin Feng bore no signs of being a cultivator, just like a normal person. Before, although Lin Feng’s level had no precise definition, it was impossible not to sense the rank from his body, yet now he seemed like any ordinary person, and Lin Feng achieved this completely.
"Boss... what happened?" Tangyuan cautiously asked Lin Feng, genuinely feeling puzzled as it seemed he hadn’t advanced but regressed, which seemed very abnormal.
Lin Feng smiled lightly at Ma Biaohu, Tangyuan, and Xiao Jiu, not offering much explanation. He knew only those at this realm would understand.
Previously, he didn’t comprehend why the Divine Emperor felt different. Although he had seen Divine Emperors as Divine Souls, whether from the Heavenly Martial Emperor to Xuanyuan Divine Emperor, he understood why they transmitted their life’s knowledge to him, as the premise of being a Divine Emperor might be selflessness and fearlessness, leading to ultimate merit fulfillment.
Through this epiphany, Lin Feng was confident that his mind and body had fully transcended. Having reached the Divine Emperor level, he no longer needed to absorb Yuan Energy power. The golden lights were all force of merit. He finally understood why, after cremating the corpses, the force of merit converged on him; only a certain quantity of merit could lead to a breakthrough.
His physical body previously turned platinum, and combined with this epiphany, he could now proceed with everything peacefully. Though the future looked uncertain and the sect was fraught with crises, he already faced them calmly and wasn’t overly concerned. Maybe this epiphany was his reward.
Thinking this, Lin Feng closed his eyes, unleashing the Yuan Gang from within his body. As expected, the golden force of merit surged into his Yuan Gang. From the moment his strength doubled, his Yuan Gang turned a faint gold color. At this moment, he was enveloped in golden light, akin to being bathed in Buddhist radiance.
He smiled satisfactorily, as the Seven-Colored Yuan Gang had accompanied him for so long, its attributes finally fused altogether. This faint golden Yuan Gang was surely stronger than the Seven-Colored Yuan Gang.