Chapter 298: Ancient Mystery

Divine Pine felt like he was still dreaming.

However, after Lin Jing brought Senior Divine Pine into the palace and explained the sequence of events that led him to Qingzhou, Divine Pine realized he was indeed dreaming.

“What did you say? You taught the Heavenly Demon Body to the Chang Sheng Maiden kept in captivity by the Heavenly Lion Clan?”

“And she smashed the Heavenly Lion Clan’s treasury, letting countless treasures flow into the Void Realm?”

Divine Pine’s expression was strange. He was definitely dreaming; otherwise, how could such a coincidental thing happen?

“Senior Divine Pine, you are not dreaming.”

“I have truly become the Demon Court Holy Son now. You should have seen the Mosquito Woman sitting on the mountaintop outside.”

“The Transformation Method was indeed created by my hand. As for the pill assembly incident in Tongtian City, you can ask any Cultivator in Qingzhou right now, and they would be able to recount every detail.” Lin Jing smiled slightly.

“I know this is hard for you to accept for the moment, but rest assured, Senior. Even though I now have the protection of Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, even though I am now the noble Demon Court Holy Son, and even though I have personally killed nine Void Profound Cultivators, my promise to you regarding the Longevity Blood still stands. After all, your grace in passing on your techniques and protecting my Dao is greater than anything else.”

“…”

What Divine Pine found hard to accept was that if all of this was true, then the batch of resources he had picked up—the resources that helped him achieve a Breakthrough to the Void Profound stage early—was that not also thanks to this kid?

“Let me take a moment—” Seeing Senior Divine Pine’s look of disbelief, Lin Jing laughed. He had long wanted to see this expression on Senior Divine Pine’s face.

Although he was also surprised that Senior Divine Pine had achieved a Breakthrough to the Void Profound Realm, it was clear that what he had done in Qingzhou was even more Xuanhuan to Senior Divine Pine.

“Laugh, laugh my ass.”

Demon Pine, seeing Lin Jing exude the relaxed aura of an “Immortal Second Generation,” couldn’t help but pour cold water on him.

“Your experiences have indeed surprised this old man. I am relieved that you have obtained the protection of the Demon Emperor, but you are rejoicing too early.”

“Do you think that just because you have obtained the Demon Emperor’s protection, everything is fine and dandy?”

“Hm?” Lin Jing was taken aback and said, “Senior Divine Pine, what do you mean—?”

With the Demon Emperor’s protection, Lin Jing felt that there was almost nothing in the Tian Yuan World that could threaten him. After all, the Demon Emperor’s current combat power was absolutely in the top tier of the Tian Yuan World.

However, he believed that Senior Divine Pine would not speak without reason; the other party’s serious tone did not seem fake.

“I was teleported to—”

Divine Pine began to recount his experiences after being teleported, and he did not hide his identity as the Reincarnation of the Tian Mo Cult Leader and a person from outside the world.

After listening, Lin Jing’s expression was very silent.

“Rest assured, I am a Reincarnation, and I no longer have any connection with the Heavenly Devil Sect.”

“From the remnant soul of that Yao Race member whose Ascension failed, I learned many things, including the reason why the Lower Realm cannot Ascend today!”

“What is it?!” Lin Jing did not care about Senior Divine Pine’s identity; after all, he was also a person from outside the heavens.

However, he was very curious about the reason for the inability to Ascend.

Although he did not yearn for Ascension to the Immortal Realm, such a major event must involve the changing situation between the Immortal Realm and the Lower Realm!

“Since you know that the Tian Mo Cult Leader is an outsider Cultivator, do you know his purpose for coming to other Immortal Cultivation Worlds?”

Lin Jing shook his head.

Divine Pine looked at the sky and said, “Just as the Tian Yuan World is the territory of the Immortal Realm’s Immortal Palace in the Lower Realm, the Heavenly Demon Realm, the base camp of the Heavenly Devil Sect, is actually the subordinate territory of some Immortal Realm Demon Sect in the Lower Realm.”

“Countless years ago, a Demon Lord was born in the Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Devil Sect. His talent and strength were terrifying. With great Divine Ability, he severed the connection between various forces in the Immortal Realm and the Lower Realm, wanting to merge all the Lower Realms into one great world, take it for his own, and refine it to simulate the Heavenly Dao and achieve further Breakthroughs.”

“However, limited by the existing Heavenly Dao, Immortals cannot normally descend to the Lower Realm. Therefore, that Immortal Realm Demon Lord could only let the Lower Realm’s Heavenly Devil Sect fight and refine one Immortal Cultivation World after another on his behalf.”

“Countless experts of the Heavenly Demon Realm used the cross-boundary Divine Ability taught by the Immortal Realm Demon Lord to easily travel to other worlds. Their only task was to completely control those worlds.”

“Then, Senior, you—” Lin Jing looked at Senior Demon Pine. If that was the case, then Senior Demon Pine’s mission in coming to the Tian Yuan World—

“That’s right, my mission was likely to occupy the Tian Yuan World as well. However, as you can see, my previous life was killed by the First Generation Ancient Emperor, so I could only be reincarnated as myself,” Divine Pine said.

Lin Jing: “…”

“And according to that Yao Race remnant soul, when the Heavenly Devil Sect Cultivators sent by the Heavenly Demon Realm fail to completely control that world within the stipulated time, the Heavenly Demon Realm will dispatch stronger Heavenly Devil Sect Cultivators to arrive and re-conquer the world!”

“In other words, the moment my previous life died and dissipated, the mission could almost be judged as a failure. The Heavenly Devil Sect has likely already learned of this. Perhaps after some unknown amount of time, the Heavenly Devil Sect will dispatch even stronger Heavenly Devils to come to the Tian Yuan World.”

“By then, let alone protecting you, the Demon Emperor will struggle to protect herself. A Longevity Physique like yours is definitely the first resource the Heavenly Devil Sect will want to collect after invading a world.”

Lin Jing:???

“Senior, why did you bring such bad news as soon as you came back?” Lin Jing felt a bit of a headache; he had just hugged the thick thigh of the Demon Emperor.

“A very desperate future, isn’t it?” Senior Divine Pine said. “For you, it should be the most desperate.”

“Crossing boundaries is not easy and takes time. A thousand years, ten thousand years—it’s all possible. For the current Cultivators of the Tian Yuan World, perhaps by the time the Heavenly Demon Realm invades again, it will be thousands of years later, and they will have long since died of old age. But for you, you will absolutely be able to wait for that day.”

Lin Jing let out a breath and said, “I know that Senior Divine Pine telling me all this means you must have a solution, right?”

“Hehe.” Divine Pine laughed. “I did indeed get quite a few good things from that Yao Race remnant soul.”

It took out a huge golden bell and said, “This is a supreme treasure of the realm. After using it, an Immortal Cultivation World will usher in a Golden Age for the next ten thousand years. Immortal luck will prosper, various Prodigies will emerge, and Physiques of the Immortal body level will spring up like bamboo shoots after rain. However, the cost of using it is that after the Golden Age, the Immortal Cultivation World will enter an Age of Dharma Decline, where even cultivating to Soul Transformation will be extremely difficult. It is a supreme treasure that squeezes the world’s potential.”

“With this item, perhaps we can greatly enhance the strength of the Tian Yuan World in the near future to resist the invasion of the Heavenly Demon Realm.”

“However, activating this thing requires at least 10 Dao Inquiry Stage experts to activate it simultaneously. Now that you have become the Demon Court Holy Son, you can just present this to the Demon Emperor and see if she can gather the manpower to quickly strengthen the Tian Yuan World.”

Lin Jing was stunned and looked at Senior Divine Pine, saying, “By the way, Senior, as a Cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Realm, why did you choose to firmly stand on the side of the Tian Yuan World and fight against the Heavenly Devil Sect?”

Divine Pine said, “Hehe, during the process of the Breakthrough to the Void Profound stage, I saw some memories and Legacies from my previous life. I am not a native of the Heavenly Demon Realm; I was a Prodigy captured from another Immortal Cultivation World, raised, and brainwashed when the Heavenly Demon Realm invaded. However, my race is special, and I was not completely brainwashed. I have always been insincere in carrying out their tasks. The Heavenly Devil Sect occupied my hometown and still expected me to work for them—how could there be such a good thing?”