Chapter 342: The Sea of Bitterness is Boundless; Repent and You Shall be Saved

Front, back, all around…

Everything was a vast expanse of sea.

All you could see was the sea!

A boundless sea.

As for the beach he had just stepped onto, it had long since disappeared.

Even the people around him were nowhere to be seen.

On the entire Sea of Bitterness, there was only you.

Lin Xun stood on the surface of the sea, his brow furrowed.

In the next moment, Lin Xun held his long spear and threw it.

The soaring black spear light seemed as if it would tear this world apart!

But in the end, dark brake struck nothing.

dark brake returned to Lin Xun’s hand once more, the long spear twisting left and right in his grip as if crying out that there was nothing around.

At this moment, Lin Xun was certain that this was no barrier.

This was the Sea of Bitterness.

A truly existing Sea of Bitterness.

In other words…

Actually, the sea area he saw before was the illusion?

To be honest, Lin Xun truly hated these profound and mysterious things.

“Forget it, let’s see what’s going on here.”

Lin Xun continued walking forward.

With every step, what Lin Xun saw were scenes he had experienced before.

When his hands were worn bloody from practicing spear techniques.

When he fell from a cliff while training in the Ten Thousand Demon Sect’s Secret Realm.

When he met Wang Chen and was then pestered by her.

And when he failed Undergoing Tribulation, suffered a great dao injury, and was on the verge of death.

Everything was a turning point in Lin Xun’s life.

These were either physical tortures for Lin Xun or moments of mental vacillation.

Ignoring these, Lin Xun continued forward.

Appearing on the sea surface was the first meeting between Wang Chen and Lin Xun after they had concealed their identities.

At that time, Lin Xun chose to escape.

Lin Xun faced Wang Chen with coldness, telling her he was already married and hoping she would leave.

But Wang Chen did not leave; instead, it was replaced by endless guilt in Lin Xun’s heart.

Wang Chen’s image dissipated, and what appeared was that night of the blood moon in Luo City.

Lin Xun had obtained the demon sword, met Sikong Wangxing, and then threw the demon sword before her, wanting to break off their engagement.

At that time, Lin Xun thought breaking the engagement would be the end, but who knew that later in the Rootless Secret Realm and during Luo City’s Ice and Snow Festival, meeting again and again would once more cause Lin Xun’s heart to be filled with guilt and self-reproach.

Faced with Sister Mimi’s feelings, he still chose to avoid them.

He couldn’t let go, yet he didn’t dare to accept.

Bai Luoxue.

Well, he and Bai Luoxue really had nothing between them…

But since there was nothing…

Why did he feel guilty when he saw her sitting in the courtyard, waiting for him to come and eat the egg drop porridge she made?

When this silly girl sat lonely in the courtyard while the whole city was bustling, just waiting for him to release that ice lantern, why would he feel self-reproach?

The Sea of Bitterness refers to a state of hardship, suffering, and inner hesitation.

Lin Xun stopped his steps, standing atop the Sea of Bitterness.

But why was his Sea of Bitterness… them?

Was it that they had become his Sea of Bitterness?

Or was it because of his own conflict and hesitation that he had trapped himself in a Sea of Bitterness?

Lin Xun took a deep breath and continued walking forward.

Beneath Lin Xun’s feet, scenes surfaced again and again.

Even if Lin Xun didn’t look, these images were still branded into his mind.

Lin Xun just continued walking forward.

But no matter how far or how long he walked,

Lin Xun still couldn’t see the end.

Except for Lin Xun, everyone who stepped onto the Sea of Bitterness was the same.

Beneath their feet, scenes of past suffering, hesitation, and indecision constantly surfaced.

Everyone knew that this Sea of Bitterness was not a reflection of their Heart Demon.

The so-called Heart Demon is another you, a deeper you.

It will communicate with you.

The final result is nothing more than you breaking through the Heart Demon or falling into it.

But these images were simply presented before them.

As for affecting one’s state of mind, it was just like that.

If one had to describe what was going on…

This Sea of Bitterness could be seen more as a naturally formed Magic Formation.

And he was trapped within this Magic Formation.

It’s just that the special effect of this Magic Formation was to display scenes of your past suffering, hesitation, and inner conflict.

To leave this Sea of Bitterness…

It wasn’t about gaining some realization.

But rather to start from the outside and break this Magic Formation called the “Sea of Bitterness.”

Lin Xun squatted down and touched the surface of the sea.

The clear seawater slid down from Lin Xun’s palm.

Lin Xun held his long spear and threw it towards the Sea of Bitterness!

The long spear dark brake went straight into the Sea of Bitterness until it pierced the seabed; the entire sea surface shook, and circles of ripples spread across the water.

dark brake very unhappily pulled itself out of the rocks on the seabed and returned the way it came, back into Lin Xun’s hand.

Similarly, Lin Xun felt that there were others also striking the sea surface or the seabed.

Among them, Lin Xun also felt Jiang Qingshang’s piercing Sword Qi.

Quite a few people began trying to break the Sea of Bitterness with brute force.

But obviously, no one succeeded.

“Do I really have to use that move? But I haven’t tried it much before.”

Lin Xun looked at the long spear in his hand and took a deep breath.

Previously in the Melting Mountain range, because of She Qiqi’s demon core, Lin Xun had temporarily escaped the shackles of the world’s Law and broke through to the Immortal Realm.

The rejection between the world’s Law and his Realm at that time still left a deep impression on Lin Xun.

It was also at that moment that Lin Xun vaguely grasped a corner of the world’s Law.

In fact, no matter what Secret Realm it was, there was no such thing as an absolute suppression of one’s Realm.

It’s just like physics or chemistry.

If you understand the Law of the Dao and know the principles within…

Then you can completely integrate into this world.

At that time, no matter what Realm you are in, you won’t be rejected.

This was also why there were Demonic Beasts in the Nascent Soul Realm or even the Jade Purity Realm within the Rootless Secret Realm.

The reason was simple.

They weren’t special; it was just that because they were born and raised here, they had grasped the Law of this place, nothing more.

Now, Lin Xun planned to break through his Realm, enter the Nascent Soul Realm, and then unleash the strongest spear strike of the Nascent Soul Realm!

Breaking through the Golden Core to enter the Nascent Soul would only take an instant.

But even though it was only an instant, Lin Xun didn’t know if he would be noticed by the Law of this world or if he would be immediately expelled.

There was probably only a fifty percent chance of success.

But Lin Xun also knew that if he continued to waste time here and couldn’t reach the Rootless Secret Realm, then everything would be for naught.

Taking a deep breath, violent spiritual power constantly swirled around Lin Xun.

Beneath Lin Xun’s feet, the ripples in the seawater became increasingly intense.

Even beneath Lin Xun’s feet, the seawater was being pushed away, creating a vacuum vortex!

At the same time, even if they couldn’t see what was happening…

On the Sea of Bitterness, all the Cultivators looked in the same direction.

The Dragon Cry Twin Girls fearfully held each other’s small hands, but their eyes also held a hint of joy; they knew this Spear Qi—it was the person who had saved them, and they had found him.

Sikong Wangxing’s pair of Star Eyes were filled with brightness; for the girl, as long as Lin Xun was okay, that was the greatest comfort.

Zhu Ling ran foolishly toward the source of the Spear Qi; she knew the Big Bad Guy was there.

“Your Highness,” Nong Qin called out softly, her eyes trembling.

“Senior Brother, Ying found you,” Su Ying smiled with curved eyes.

Closing her eyes and feeling the direction dark brake pointed, Su Ying walked forward step by step.

Jiang Qingshang tilted her head; she had some idea of what Lin Xun wanted to do, and she wasn’t surprised by it.

Because even if Lin Xun didn’t do it, she planned to try the same thing.

A gust of wild wind swept past everyone, blowing toward the same spot.

The Cultivators who had survived the Melting Mountain range all swallowed hard.

Recalling that spear strike that had pierced through heaven and earth, sweat already soaked their backs.

Some Cultivators who hadn’t experienced the Melting Mountain range also felt the Spear Qi filling the entire Sea of Bitterness with their mouths slightly agape.

They had heard that there was someone in the Melting Mountain range who had pierced through heaven and earth with a single spear strike.

They didn’t believe it, thinking those people were exaggerating.

But now, it seemed they had to believe it even if they didn’t (in fact, they had no idea that the strike in Melting Mountain was ten thousand times stronger than this one!).

They hoped this person was an enlightened Senior trapped in the Rootless Secret Realm; they didn’t want it to be Lin Xun, and they certainly didn’t want it to be a Genius of their own generation.

Because if this person were a Senior trapped in the Rootless Secret Realm for a thousand years, they would feel better in their hearts.

But if it were Lin Xun or another Genius of the same generation, they would only feel incompetent.

“Break!”

Lin Xun threw the spear! The black spiritual power shattered the sleeve of his right arm.

A streak of black light flashed parallel to the sea surface, piercing forward!

Everyone saw this incredibly intense black light!

“I, Jiang Qingshang, have never liked owing favors!”

Jiang Qingshang activated her sword formula and, at the very moment her Realm broke through to the Nascent Soul, she swung the zilin immortal sword!

The zilin immortal sword and dark brake raced side by side, flying forward as if in a competition!

As the black spear light and purple Sword Qi arrived, the mists of the Sea of Bitterness were all torn apart.

“Boom!”

A massive explosion echoed across the sea surface.

Everyone felt a surge of joy in their hearts!

The Sea of Bitterness has a shore!

The place where the sound came from must be land.

Just as everyone joyfully wanted to fly toward the sound, the noise continued to ring out.

Moreover, listening to the sound, the distance was exactly the same.

It was like an explosion sound at the same spot was repeating incessantly.

As if the black spear light and the purple long sword were constantly bombarding that continent.

But if the spear and immortal sword hit the continent, there should only be one sound; why were there so many?

Everyone was filled with doubt.

And right then, above the sea surface, all the mists completely dissipated!

Gathering spiritual power in their eyes, as Golden Core Realm Cultivators, they could still see a thousand miles away.

In the far distance, the demon spear an sha and zilin immortal sword struck the massive rock wall before them again and again.

The rock wall was boundless, stretching for ten thousand miles, as if cutting off the entire sea area.

Every time the demon spear an sha and zilin immortal sword shattered the rock wall, the Law of the Rootless Secret Realm would repair it again and again.

Then the demon spear an sha and zilin immortal sword, extremely displeased, would shatter it again, and the other side would repair it once more.

This was because both the demon spear an sha and zilin immortal sword were ancient weapons.

Otherwise, any other weapon would find it impossible to pierce a wall formed by a world, let alone pierce it again and again.

Fortunately, the world Law of the Rootless Secret Realm did not have its own spiritual consciousness.

Otherwise, being tormented by these two weapons, it would have started swearing long ago.

Of course, if the Law of the Rootless Secret Realm had self-awareness, it should also be glad that Lin Xun and Jiang Qingshang didn’t use the strength of the Immortal Realm to unleash this spear and sword.

Otherwise, this world might be in some danger.

But just as the two ancient weapons were competing with the will of a world, two girls were approaching the rock wall formed by the world’s power step by step.

When they saw these two girls, everyone was stunned.

They were Ruo Wangchen and Bai Luoxue.

Two girls who were similar yet completely different.

No one could have imagined that these two girls, who had only walked a few steps more than them, had already reached such a distant place.

Feeling a familiar aura, the demon spear an sha stopped, wanting to approach Ruo Wangchen.

Without the assistance of the demon spear an sha, the zilin immortal sword could only stop and watch the two girls from the side.

But Ruo Wangchen and Bai Luoxue seemed not to see the demon spear an sha showing its goodwill; they just continued walking forward.

Never mind the demon spear an sha, they hadn’t even noticed the other girl right beside them.

And when they approached that rock wall, suddenly, the rock wall collapsed with a crash.

Before the two girls, a true desert continent appeared; this was the Sand Snake Desert.

Once through the Sand Snake Desert, the rootless fruit would be in the Ice Dragon Plains!

But just as everyone thought the two young girls were about to step onto the Sand Snake Desert, the two girls seemed to think of something and stopped at the same time.

No one knew why they had stopped.

Clearly, the end of the Sea of Bitterness was right before them.

Under everyone’s gaze, they turned around.

Under everyone’s gaze, they raised their heads,

Under everyone’s gaze, they began to walk.

They walked straight back, and in the direction they faced, there stood only one man—the man who had been the first to throw the long spear!

When they took their first step, the continent behind them turned into sand and dust, scattering across the Sea of Bitterness.

When they took their second step, though they were a thousand miles away, they had already come within a hundred meters of him.

They walked up to him and looked up, their eyes blinking as they gazed at his face.

“Why didn’t you go ashore?” Lin Xun asked.

“Ashore?” Ruo Wangchen tilted her head, questioning.

“What’shore’?” Bai Luoxue also asked, her beautiful peach blossom eyes blinking.

Lin Xun smiled. “What are you talking about? It’s the continent you saw before.”

“But… that wasn’t the shore.” Wang Chen shook her head.

“Not the shore?” Lin Xun was even more confused.

“Mm.” Bai Luoxue nodded.

“When I turn back…”

The two girls spoke in unison.

“Where you are, is the shore.”

As the words fell, everything of the Sea of Bitterness scattered with the wind.

At this moment, Lin Xun was already standing on the shore.