"God King Haotian, it's been a long time. Please forgive me for my rudeness earlier."
Lin Yun smiled slightly and said.
As he spoke, the aura emanating from him transformed back to that of when he was the crown prince of the divine race.
"Your Highness...Your Highness the Crown Prince? You are the Crown Prince!" The next moment, the Heavenly King trembled and exclaimed in shock.
Unlike the two reincarnated spirits of the Primordial Gods that Lin Yun found in the Netherworld, who were once just minor figures among the Primordial Gods and did not know the specific situation of Lin Yun, the Crown Prince of the God Clan.
Haotian God King was a high-level expert among the innate gods, and a very important one at that. Lin Yun had fallen before him, so he knew about Lin Yun's demise.
He simply hadn't expected that when His Highness the Crown Prince reappeared before him, he would already be a mid-level Divine Realm cultivator, and such a powerful one at that.
This means that His Highness the Crown Prince has successfully reincarnated and returned.
"Haotian greets Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
At that moment, the Heavenly God King bowed to Lin Yun, his voice trembling with emotion and a hint of emotion in his voice.
In the past, the Primordial Gods and the Acquired Gods fought a great war. The Primordial Gods suffered a crushing defeat, and countless familiar relatives and friends perished. For hundreds of millions of years, he has been living on with a lingering sense of despair in this small space.
Hundreds of millions of years have passed, and he finally sees his old friend again, who is also a member of the royal family he serves and the Crown Prince he knows well. How could he not be excited?
"You are too kind, God King Haotian. Please rise!" Lin Yun stepped forward and used a powerful force to lift the bowing God King Haotian, saying.
"I never thought, I never thought Haotian would see His Highness the Crown Prince again..." Haotian God King stood up, looked at Lin Yun, and said with slight excitement.
"What? Does the God-King Haotian not want to see me again?" Lin Yun looked at the God-King Haotian with a half-smile and teased him.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Haotian did not mean that. I would never dare to think that way..." Haotian God King hurriedly said.
"Alright, it was just a joke!" Lin Yun waved his hand and said.
"After hundreds of millions of years, the Heavenly King's mastery of formations has become even more refined. If we don't retreat soon, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out." Lin Yun then turned to look at the surrounding formations and laughed.
Just now, he tried to break the formation, but he was already affected by the surrounding formations. The power of the formations was inexhaustible, and he was only able to keep the surrounding formation power away from him because of his original familiarity with the Haotian Formation.
However, if the Jade Emperor doesn't stop this formation soon, he might be in some trouble.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I forgot. I will stop this formation right away!" Haotian God King blushed and hurriedly said. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the surrounding formations. A spiritual force probed into them, and one after another, the power of the formations stopped. Soon, the entire formation stopped operating.
"It's an incomplete formation, Your Highness, please forgive my poor appearance!" Then, Haotian God King looked at Lin Yun, his old face slightly red, and said very embarrassedly.
He sensed Lin Yun's strength just now, and he knew that it wouldn't be too difficult for Lin Yun to forcefully break through this formation; he was just giving him face.
"If an incomplete formation is this powerful, I wonder what the power of a perfect formation must be..." Lin Yun said with a smile.
"By the way, Haotian God King, what brings you here?" Lin Yun asked after a pause.
"Back then, after His Highness the Crown Prince fell, the Primordial God Clan and the Acquired God Clan fought several more battles. Later, a peak-level god of the Acquired God Clan ambushed me when I wasn't paying attention, almost causing my death. But I was left with only my remnant spirit, carrying my divine spark, and came to this space containing the power of chaos that was discovered in the early years..." Upon hearing Lin Yun's question, the Haotian God Clan immediately fell into recollection and quickly spoke.
"There is a lot of chaotic power in this space. Why doesn't the Haotian God King use this chaotic power to recover?" Lin Yun looked at the chaotic power permeating the space and asked with a hint of curiosity.
The chaotic power within this space isn't abundant, but it's not insignificant either. It's enough for an ordinary cultivator to reach the Upper God Realm. In theory, even if it can't restore a severely injured Upper God Realm cultivator to their original strength, it's close enough.
"My origin was severely injured, and I almost didn't survive. Recovery is extremely difficult. Even after hundreds of millions of years, I have only managed to restore my strength to about one-third of that of an ordinary lower-level god. However, with this formation, dealing with ordinary lower-level gods is no problem. If a mid-level god is not careful, they might also perish here..." Haotian God King shook his head and smiled bitterly.
“I see…” Lin Yun nodded thoughtfully.
Injury to one's very fundamental nature is indeed very troublesome; if it is very serious, even the power of chaos cannot restore it.
"I never expected that Your Highness would have been reincarnated. If I had hardened my heart and reincarnated back then, perhaps I could have had a fresh start..." At this moment, Haotian God-King looked at Lin Yun with a hint of envy in his eyes and sighed.
“Our innate divine race is not so easy to reincarnate…” Lin Yun shook his head slightly.
Initially, this information only circulated among the innate gods, but it is estimated that few innate gods knew just how difficult it was to reincarnate.
At this moment, perhaps no one has more right to speak than Lin Yun.
He is now the strongest in the Netherworld, having broken through dozens of heavens in succession. His immense power of the Netherworld's origin gives him an extremely strong control over the power of the Netherworld. He has already thoroughly investigated all the existing heavens in the Netherworld and the ghost cultivators within them.
As a result, apart from the two innate god reincarnations he initially discovered, he found no other innate god reincarnations.
Perhaps, but the marks of their past lives have long been erased in the endless cycle of reincarnation, making them not much different from ordinary beings reincarnating.
How many of their innate gods perished back then?
What he saw with his own eyes numbered in the hundreds of thousands, even millions! And the number he hadn't seen before was many times greater!
This shows that it is not just talk that it is extremely difficult for the innate gods to reincarnate; it is a fact.
If the Jade Emperor had truly chosen to reincarnate, he would likely have already been completely consumed by the cycle of reincarnation, and there would be no more Jade Emperor in this world.
"That's still better than being half-dead like this. I estimate that even in billions of years, my fundamental injuries will never heal, and I may never be able to reach my original level again!" Haotian God-King said with a bitter smile.
Although they are a race of innate gods, their strength is not incapable of improvement. For them, as cultivators, the inability to restore their original strength or make further progress is an extremely cruel thing.
"By the way, Your Highness, what brings you here?" Just then, the Heavenly King suddenly remembered something and asked curiously.
"Some time ago, I heard a little guy at the Saint King realm talk about this place..." Lin Yun told Haotian God King about the Eastern Zhou Saint King.
"So it was that little guy. When he came in, I was modifying the formation. The formation was unusable at the time, and I couldn't make a move, otherwise all my efforts would be in vain. So I thought I would give him some hope first, and then deal with him when he came in again. I didn't expect..." Haotian God King shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Even the most meticulous plans can have a flaw; I never expected that the other party would actually spread the news about this space.
Of course, he was actually gambling at the time, betting that the other party's strength was not high, and that even if the news of this space was spread, it would not reach the powerful gods.
He was only at the lower-level divine realm, and once he had set up the formation, he didn't care at all.
If the other party delays for a few more years until his strength recovers to the level of the lower-level divine realm, he won't care even if cultivators at the middle-level divine realm enter this space.
To my utter surprise, the other party spread the news of this space so quickly, and even to such a powerful expert.
Fortunately, this powerful figure happened to be an acquaintance of his, His Highness the Crown Prince; otherwise, he would have been doomed this time.
"No wonder that an ordinary Saint King-level cultivator could safely retreat after discovering this space. However, it was precisely because of this that I was able to reunite with the Haotian God King!" Lin Yun said with a smile.
"If possible, let me take a look at the injuries of the Heavenly King Haotian, and see if I can help you," Lin Yun said after a pause.
"Your Highness may take a look, but my injuries are unlikely to heal unless I encounter some heaven-defying treasure..." Haotian God King hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly and said.
"Buzz!"
As he spoke, his illusory image was projected onto the high-grade divine spark not far away, and then, with the high-grade divine spark as the center, another figure condensed.
This figure was no longer a phantom, but it looked extremely weak.
The next moment, the Heavenly King Haotian took a step forward and stood in front of Lin Yun.
Lin Yun also released a divine domain power, which gently covered Haotian God King's body, carefully sensing Haotian God King's condition.
Soon, Lin Yun understood much better. He looked at the Heavenly God King, smiled slightly, and said, "Heavenly God King, why don't you absorb and refine some of this energy? Maybe it will help..."
"Buzz!"
As he spoke, he released some of the energy refined from the Blood Prison Sword that he had previously prepared for Lin Mengmeng and sent it to the Haotian God King.
"This is..." The Heavenly King Haotian's gaze was immediately drawn to the energy that Lin Yun had sent.
He had a vague feeling that this energy was very helpful to his injuries.
Without much hesitation, the Haotian God King quickly refined some of this energy. The next moment, his body trembled slightly, and he exclaimed in shock, "What kind of energy is this? It actually helps my injuries so much!"
"It's good that it's helpful. I don't have much of this energy left now, but it's not too difficult to obtain more if I really want to. If I have the chance, I'll leave more for the Haotian God King!" Lin Yun said with a slight smile.
At this moment, he also discovered that the divine spark of the Haotian God King was severely depleted in various energies, which was obviously a sign of serious damage to its origin. If an ordinary cultivator at the intermediate level of the divine realm were to refine this divine spark, he would probably not be able to break through to the advanced level of the divine realm smoothly.
However, this divine spark was in a recovery state, and the chaotic power on it was relatively abundant. In addition, Haotian God King had deliberately concealed it, so he did not notice the abnormality at first.
"Really?" the God-King Haotian exclaimed excitedly.
If he has enough of this energy, there is a great chance that his strength will be restored to its original level, without leaving any aftereffects, and the process will be very fast.
“Really, but I need the chaotic power in this space right now. I wonder if the God King Haotian could give me some…” Lin Yun smiled and nodded, then looked at the chaotic power in the space and said.
"What are you saying, Your Highness? First of all, you are the Crown Prince, and I am a subject. If the Crown Prince needs my things, he can naturally take them! Secondly, if the Crown Prince were an enemy, I would probably have perished today. Now, not only am I out of danger, but I also have hope of recovery. The Crown Prince has been very benevolent. If I were still not satisfied, I would be too much of a scoundrel!" Haotian God King shook his head and laughed.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony. In the future, I will definitely replenish the Chaos Power for the God King Haotian!" Lin Yun nodded slightly.
If the divine realm being in this space were not the Haotian God King, but one of the acquired gods, or even another low-level divine realm cultivator from the innate gods, he would naturally not be polite to them.
He offered the other party some compensation, which was truly benevolent. Even if he didn't, in this world where strength reigns supreme, no one could say anything.
If one were to encounter a cultivator from the Later God Dynasty, killing them might be an unexpected bonus.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Boom—"
Lin Yun looked up and a small white tower appeared in his palm; it was the Heavenly Dao Tower.
The next moment, Lin Yun threw the Heavenly Dao Tower into the air. The base of the Heavenly Dao Tower emitted a powerful suction force, drawing in the vast chaotic power in this space.
Streams of chaotic power were rapidly absorbed by the Heavenly Dao Tower.
"This small tower is no ordinary structure." Upon seeing this scene, the Heavenly King Haotian's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he thought to himself.
It appears to be only at the level of a mid-grade divine artifact, but even he cannot sense the details of its materials. Moreover, the speed at which this small tower absorbs the power of chaos far exceeds that of ordinary mid-grade spatial artifacts.
It is far superior to ordinary mid-grade divine artifacts.
However, he only paid a little attention to it before forgetting about it.
Even if it's not ordinary, it's still a mid-grade divine artifact.
He was once a powerful figure in the upper-level divine realm, and the magic weapons he used were also top-grade divine artifacts, and he even had more than one. However, after that battle, in order to divert the enemy's attention, he lost all of his top-grade divine artifacts.
However, his vision was still limited; a mid-grade divine artifact, though not simple, could only garner him so much attention.
In comparison, he was more concerned about the Crown Prince's current strength.
He had a vague feeling that His Highness the Crown Prince's current strength was far beyond what ordinary upper-level divine realm cultivators could compare to.
I don't know if it's just my imagination, but if it's true, it's terrifying.
Therefore, he thought that the level of divine status that His Highness the Crown Prince had condensed in this life might also be quite extraordinary.
It's just unknown what level of divine power His Highness the Crown Prince has cultivated in this life.
This is a sensitive topic, and he didn't feel comfortable asking about it.
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