"Did all of this start three days ago?"

Lin Jinglong had many questions in his mind.

Although he had seen many wandering ghosts, they were all newly deceased souls who would soon become idle unless he used special secret methods to refine them into vengeful spirits.

He had also seen the souls left behind by powerful cultivators in the Holy Realm, but they had been sealed by the aura of immortality on the Ascension Platform, which allowed them to survive for thousands of years.

But in Lin Jinglong's view...

Most of the Chen family ancestors buried in this ancestral cemetery were ordinary martial artists, the strongest being the Celestial Martial Emperor, but there was only one.

This includes Emperor Wu of the Heavenly Realm.

There's no reason for it to remain in this cemetery for a thousand years.

"It seems that only by finding the person behind the scenes can I get the answers to my questions."

Lin Jinglong took a deep breath.

He strode toward the Chen clan spirits standing before him.

"Everyone, I have no intention of being your enemy. I suppose you have been manipulated, which is why you appeared in your dreams to your clansmen and asked them to wake you up."

"If the person behind this doesn't show themselves, then I'll have no choice but to annihilate you all."

Lin Jinglong looked around.

His immense spiritual power continued to sweep across the land.

Some of the Chen clan ancestors, whose strength had already waned, could no longer withstand such pressure and were on the verge of their souls being scattered.

It was at this time.

The one leading the group was the Celestial Emperor.

His dark eyes suddenly trembled.

A hint of clarity appeared in his eyes.

"Sir, why do you insist on coming to me? There are so many injustices in this world. If you are so righteous, you should go somewhere else and stop causing trouble!"

Lin Jinglong realized that the reason why this remnant soul of the Celestial Martial Emperor spoke was not his own consciousness, but another divine soul that was parasitizing this person.

And he tried to persuade himself to quit.

Lin Jinglong asked, puzzled, "And who are you?"

"None of your business!"

The person behind the scenes was somewhat alarmed and angry.

He berated Lin Jinglong, gritting his teeth as he said, "The Chen family has no grudge against you, and neither do I. If you don't back down, I'll let the thousands of dead souls here devour you!"

"Hahaha! You think you can take that?"

Lin Jinglong dismissed it with disdain.

The mysterious man who controlled the soul of the Celestial Martial Emperor sneered, "You're just a Martial Emperor. Your soul is quite good, possessing the strength of the Nascent Soul stage, but I don't believe you can withstand the siege of a thousand souls."

"Trying to overwhelm me with sheer numbers?" Lin Jinglong looked at the other party with amusement. "Are you perhaps also an ancient cultivator? If you're truly capable, why not come out and meet me? I have many questions for you."

"You have no right to see me!"

The other party roared.

"We'll overwhelm you with sheer numbers and see what you can do then. You've asked for it!"

For him, he had finally gained control over the thousands of souls of the Chen clan, and then tricked the Chen clan members into consuming large amounts of incense offerings through the practice of human sacrifice.

They could have continued using it for a while longer.

As a result, Lin Jinglong's appearance directly thwarted his plans, which made him very unhappy.

Therefore, it is better to lose some of these thousand lost souls.

He also wants to keep Lin Jinglong here!

"Trying to outnumber me? You idiot!"

Lin Jinglong shouted.

He took out the Life Banner directly.

They released the thousands of ancient cultivators' souls that they had obtained from the Ascension Platform. It should be noted that those thousands of cultivators were qualified to enter the Ascension Platform and be refined and devoured by that Immovable Venerable.

Each one of them possesses cultivation levels at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages!

So when these spirits were released and rushed towards the nearby Chen clan ancestors' spirits, the mysterious cultivator let out a terrified roar.

"How did the Banner of Life and Death end up in your hands?"

He looked at Lin Jinglong in disbelief.

"Are you Mo Dongchen?"

"So he really is an ancient heretical cultivator. You know him too?"

Lin Jinglong laughed heartily.

"But that bastard Mo Dongchen has already had one of his lives taken by me, so what's so strange about his Life Banner ending up in my hands?"

The mysterious monk's expression grew increasingly horrified.

Even Mo Dongchen was defeated?

He suddenly gave up controlling the venerable Martial Emperor's spirit.

Suddenly, he disappeared from Lin Jinglong's sight.

The Celestial Martial Emperor retained a sliver of clarity in his eyes, but when he saw Lin Jinglong manipulating countless cultivators' souls to destroy the souls of his ancestors, he was stunned.

He looked horrified.

"How could you..." But at the same time, he suddenly realized that as a Celestial Martial Emperor from a thousand years ago, he still had the most basic insight. He also saw the souls of his clansmen who had died, including himself being manipulated and influenced by others. Those black lines were very obvious.

His expression was one of deep pain.

"Please, Immortal Master, intervene and disperse the souls of my people, including mine, so that we may no longer be exploited by these villains!"

Lin Jinglong nodded.

These people didn't even need to accept the Life Banner; they were ultimately too weak, just a group of ordinary martial artists.

To prevent them from being manipulated by evil magic again.

Lin Jinglong directly annihilated their souls, erasing the last trace they left in this world.

Finally, it was the turn of the Celestial Martial Emperor.

"Is there anything else you would like to say, senior?"

Lin Jinglong looked at this Martial Emperor from a thousand years ago.

The other person looked extremely pained. He glanced back at the mysterious cultivator who had just controlled him, and some vague memories surfaced in his mind.

"That person is not easy to deal with. He is an evil cultivator who survived from ancient times. His specialty is not the art of controlling ghosts, but a kind of divine cultivation secret method. He feeds on incense."

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