Chapter 3984: Trouble Ahead
Lin Moyu sincerely advised Shengxin, "Daoist Shengxin, you may be deeply pained, but I must urge you don't go looking for him again."
Shengxin was silent for a moment before replying, "Although I'm no match for him, it doesn't feel right to just let him be. If I contact several other Great Dao Lords, or even some eternal beings…"
Lin Moyu shook his head. "It's useless. No matter how many Great Dao Lords you gather, it won't make a difference against him. Besides, no one knows where he's hiding right now he won't appear for at least a few thousand years. Once I've finished my own affairs, I'll go after him. I might have a slightly better chance."
He continued, "Instead of worrying, you should focus on restoring your world. Although all life here is gone, as the Lord of Life, with your nurturing, the world will recover quickly."
Shengxin thought it over and realized she was indeed powerless. In the end, she chose to trust Lin Moyu. "Then I can only place my hopes in you, Daoist Lin."
Lin Moyu assured her, "I'll do my best."
Shengxin handed Lin Moyu a Great Dao crystal brimming with life force. "If you ever need me, just call."
Lin Moyu accepted it without hesitation. "Then I'll take my leave."
"Take care, Daoist Lin!"
After parting with Shengxin, Lin Moyu summoned Fire Three and, guided by his sense of his birthplace, set off for the Origin Continent.
Throughout, Lin Moyu never told Shengxin that the creature was called a Soul Eater. Whether he said it or not didn't matter what was important was that Shengxin understood how terrifying it was. At her level, she shouldn't normally encounter a Soul Eater, and that was enough. If she insisted on seeking it out, she'd be courting death, and there was nothing he could do to stop her.
The Lord of Hell had mentioned that the Soul Eater was also searching for the gate, seemingly wanting to return. What exactly was inside the gate, that after escaping, it would want to go back? If Lin Moyu brought out the gate, would it attract the Soul Eater? Although the Soul Eater was troublesome, Lin Moyu felt it was necessary to kill it. If it kept devouring worlds, it might one day target the Origin Continent, which would be disastrous. Besides, Lin Moyu sensed that if he could eliminate the Soul Eater, he might gain the world's recognition and obtain its fortune. He vaguely felt that earning the world's recognition would be very beneficial for him. After all, his Immortality Great Dao was still in the Return to Origin Land, at the very core of this world, and inseparable from it. Even though he walked his own unique path and sought to transcend this world, the matter of the Immortality Great Dao was still unresolved. At least until then, he couldn't afford to have a bad relationship with the world.
In his soul world, the seventh halo was slowly lighting up, changing a little every day. In a few years, it would be complete. The eighth and ninth halos would take even longer those would be a true grind. Calculating his remaining Great Dao origin qi, he realized he might not have enough at the current rate of consumption. The Great Thousand World was growing rapidly, absorbing Desolate Beast essence faster and faster, and its Great Dao power was strengthening. To some extent, this could substitute for Great Dao origin qi. Once the origin qi ran out, he'd either have to make another trip to the Void Kunlun Great Spirit Domain or settle for a slow grind.
"Let's hope I'm not disappointed!" Lin Moyu clenched his fist and muttered to himself.
Ten years passed in a flash, and the seventh halo finally lit up. Seven radiant halos illuminated the gate, and countless engraved patterns appeared on its surface something that hadn't happened before. These carvings only emerged after the seventh halo was lit. Lin Moyu noticed that the style of these patterns was similar to the reliefs on the Ferry of Calamity. The content was different, but the style seemed to come from the same hand. For some reason, the patterns felt familiar. He'd had this feeling before on the Ferry of Calamity, but had been distracted and didn't look closely. After studying them for a while, he found no specific meaning they seemed to be purely decorative.
Once the patterns lit up, the gate began to emit an indescribably noble aura. This aura quickly spread throughout his soul world, even affecting the Great Thousand World and the Science Dao World. Fortunately, it didn't leak into the real world, or he'd become a beacon and surely attract attention.
"Hopefully I can open the gate within my soul world," Lin Moyu murmured, though he doubted it. If he had to open it in the real world, it would definitely draw a lot of attention, and he'd have to be ready.
He shifted his focus to the eighth halo. Compared to the ten years it took for the seventh, the eighth was ten times slower about a hundred years to light up. Still, that was within his expectations. His plan was to open the gate in about a thousand years, leaving him two or three thousand years of buffer plenty of time for anything.
Now he'd done all he could; the rest was up to luck.
Twenty years later, he returned to the Origin Continent. The entire continent was wrapped in a massive formation, strong enough to withstand a joint attack by over a dozen Dao Lords. There weren't many worlds capable of fielding so many Dao Lords at once. This formation was crafted by the World Sealing Dao Lord, taking nearly a thousand years to complete. To outsiders, it was already incredibly strong, but to Lin Moyu, it was lacking he had several ways to break it, or even seize control.
"This is the World Sealing Dao Lord's destiny. Now that his mission is complete, it's time for the formation to change hands," Lin Moyu thought. Countless divine runes flew out, embedding themselves throughout the formation, altering its structure. In no time, the formation's true master became Lin Moyu. If the World Sealing Dao Lord returned, he could still use the formation, but Lin Moyu could revoke that right at any time.
Lin Moyu entered the formation, officially returning to the Origin Continent. With his gaze, he could see all the worlds outside the Great Dao. In a few hundred years, the Dragon Clan's Dao had stabilized, and Antares had become the new Dragon God. The Dragon Clan had recovered well. The Hell Alliance had been completely wiped out, with no resurgence. Everything seemed peaceful; everyone was cultivating as usual.
But when Lin Moyu looked at the Origin Continent, he frowned. He saw gray energy spreading across the land, mainly in the Dragon Clan's territory, but also elsewhere.
"There's trouble in the Dragon Tomb."
He recalled that the Ancestral Dragon had once told him to keep an eye on the Dragon Tomb, but after leaving the Origin Continent, he hadn't been able to. Now, something had happened after all.
Lin Moyu sent a message to Antares: "I'm back!"
Antares, who had been dozing, snapped awake. "You're finally back there's trouble!"
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